"— Δεινὸν οἱ πολλοί, κακούργους ὅταν ἔχωσι προστάτας. — Ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν χρηστοὺς λάβωσι, χρηστὰ βουλεύουσ᾽ ἀεί."
— Euripides

January 1, 1970

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: A terrible thing is the mob, when it has villains to lead it. : Aye, but with honest leaders its counsels are honest. — ll. 772-73 (tr. E. P. Coleridge, 1891)